Three men are in custody after police found a man in a downtown dumpster with multiple stab wounds.

Toronto police said officers responded to a dumpster in the area of Yonge Street and Wellesley Street shortly before 2 p.m.

Officers found the man under attack.

He was transported to hospital with serious injuries, Toronto Paramedic Services said.

Three men were taken into custody in connection with the incident and a weapon was recovered, police said.

It is not clear what motivated the attack.